InSight Mars Lander: Successfully landed on Mars, here are five other successful missions to the Red Planet

The US based space agency NASA successfully landed InSight Mars Lander on the surface of Mars on Tuesday to explore Mars' deep interior. Here are five other successful NASA missions to the Red Planet.

NASA InSight | Image: NASA&nbsp

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA successfully landed a robot called the InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) on the surface of Mars on Tuesday (27 November 2018). With the landing of InSight, NASA aims to dig information about marsquake and Mars' crust, mantle, and core. NASA InSight Lander will indicate seismic activities and will measure the rate of heat flow from the center.

NASA InSight Lander was launched on 5 May 2018 and today after covering the distance of about 54.6 million kilometers (which is the minimum distance from the Earth to Mars), the robot has finally landed on the Red planet. NASA has successfully completed a number of missions to Mars by now, let's take a look at five of NASA's successful Mars missions below.

NASA: 5 successful Mars missions

1. Pheonix: The robotic spacecraft landed on 25 May 2008 on the fourth planet of the solar system, Mars. The Pheonix Mars lander was launched under the Mars Scout Program to search the evidence of habitable zone on Mars and evaluate the biological potential on the planet.
Launch date: 4 August 2007
Duration: 1 year, 2 months and 29 days

2. Mars Global Surveyor: The robotic spacecraft was launched to study the composition of Mars, map its topography and study weather patterns. Mars Global Surveyor discovered the evidence of liquid water at or near the Martian surface. The mission ended on 14 November 2006 after completing 7 long years on the planet.
Launch date: 7 November 1996
Duration: 7 years

3. Mars Pathfinder: The Spacecraft was the first rover to operate outside the Earth-Moon system. The mission of Mars Pathfinder was to demonstrate the technology of rover on the surface of Mars. It not only successfully accomplished the goal but also outlived its design life.
Launch date: 4 December 1996
Land date: 4 July 1997

4. Mariner 9: The unmanned Spacecraft was launched with an aim to study the Martian atmosphere and map over 70% of the Martian surface. Mariner 9 landed on Mars on 14 November 1971 and contributed approximately 7,329 images.
Launch date: May 30, 1971
Duration: 516 days

5. Mariner 7: The craft did a close flyby to Mars to study the surface and atmosphere of the red planet. The mission was completed which made it, the second spacecraft to successfully reach Mars.
Launch date: 27 March 1969.

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